i'm such a luddite when it comes to pictures... but my sister sent me an ancient picture of me...
to point out the similarities with my nephew...
if you replace the blond-hair-blue-eyes with brown-hair-brown-eyes... the resemblence is pretty strong. (i feel sorry for the poor child )

which was handed down by my father, from my grandfather, who traded a "tank of gasoline" for the gun... it's a WWII era model 1911-A .45, frame made by Remington, slide made by Singer Sewing Machine Co. (or the other way around...), nickel plated, engraved, with grips of pure Ivory engraved with Dragons. i would guess that the engraving was done in China, or somewhere else in the Far-East during the war.

I am more impressed with the pistol than any other pics.. very nice weapon there zen. do you have an documentation to go with it? you may not be a collector, but paperwork could make that peice worth a small kings ransom/fortune..

900,000 pistols of that variety were made during WWII and only 500 were made by singer. there were no combo peices that I am aware of, but that doesn't mean someone didn't put together such a peice.

from 1924 on the pistol was designated 1911A1.. and should have some sort of registration/serial number that you can trace for more info.. If it is a singer model, you got yourself a gem.. definately worth a ton. (although some collectors would have those markings and ivory actually decrease the value of the weapon as it has been

44) Singer: S/N S800001 to S800500 = 1941 ( Use great care in evaluating these. They
are very rare and valuable. This pistol is also counterfeited the most.)
Slide markings are: S. MFG. CO. ELIZABETH,N.J., U.S.A.
Model 1911A1
Serial Numbers Date Number Made

World War II and the years leading up to it created a great demand for the weapon. During the war, about 1.9 million units were procured by the U.S. Government for all forces, production being undertaken by several manufacturers, including Remington Rand (900,000 produced), Colt (400,000), Ithaca Gun Company (400,000), Union Switch and Signal Company (50,000), Singer (500), the Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal. So many were produced that, after 1945, the government did not order any new pistols, and simply used existing parts inventories to "arsenal refinish" guns when necessary.

Before World War II, a small number of Colts were produced under license at the Norwegian weapon